cha.sah describes placing oneself under the protection of a person, deity, or shelter.

The verb consistently describes turning to or remaining under a source of protection: people take shelter in the LORD, under his wings, or in a rock-like stronghold, while other verses portray seeking such security in Egypt, other gods, or a tree’s shadow. The object of reliance changes, but the observed action remains the same.

1. placing oneself under protection · dominant

   Across the occurrences, the form marks people looking to a named shelter or protector. In Psalm 91:4 the second-person imperfect occurs in the clause about being covered by pinions and taking shelter under wings; in Isaiah 30:2 the infinitive construct describes going to Egypt to seek security in Pharaoh’s shadow; and in Judges 9:15 the imperative invites the trees to come under the Atad’s shadow. Participial forms likewise identify those who do this, as Nahum 1:7 speaks of those seeking shelter in him, while Deuteronomy 32:37 asks about the rock in which people had done so.

   Psalm 91:4Isaiah 30:2Judges 9:15Nahum 1:7Deuteronomy 32:37Ruth 2:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: Where the clause makes the contribution clear, the APB commonly uses “take refuge” or “seek refuge,” as in Ruth 2:12 and Psalm 91:4. In several other verses the translation presents the surrounding protection imagery without an equally visible English counterpart for the Hebrew form, so its wording should not be read as a gloss of the term.